On one hand, when something strange is in the woods, rumors do tend to get extreme. On the other hand, Gollum was not likely to change a centuries-old habit of cannibalism on helpless children just because he left the mountains and headed for the woods!
The description fits Gollum very well and why would the Woodmen suddenly start making stories up? No one would see him, no one would notice him, till he had his fingers on their throat. Only a few hours ago he had worn it, and caught a small goblin-imp.
How it squeaked! He still had a bone or two left to gnaw, but he wanted something softer. I think he also intended to eat Bilbo. Gollum lives under the Misty Mountains for nearly years, eating raw blind fish which he catches in his small rowboat and Goblins when he can get them.
Over many years in exile, Smeagol transformed into a hideous creature, into the one called Gollum. He would remain underground until the Ring was discovered by a hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins and taken away. How can I become rich very fast? Can you really bring dead batteries back to life? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Home Culture Did Gollum eat babies? By Alena Omerovic On Mar 20, Contents hide. Related Answers. He then warned Frodo and Sam of the evil of that place.
Gollum visited the great spider Shelob , child of Ungoliant , because he was planning to betray the hobbits by turning them to Shelob for food and then take the Ring for himself. The fact that Gollum managed to forge an alliance with Shelob is also remarkable, as she was otherwise known for devouring and killing everything on sight. When he returned the hobbits were asleep. The sight of Frodo sleeping nearly moved Gollum to repent, as he began to pet Frodo's hair.
However, Sam woke up and spoke harshly to Gollum and all hope of redemption was lost. Gollum followed through with his plan and led Frodo and Sam into Torech Ungol. Just as Frodo warned him, Gollum's betrayal of his oath ultimately led to his undoing, for Frodo and Sam escaped from her lair and also Cirith Ungol. They came against all odds to the fiery volcano Mount Doom. Gollum followed them all the way, seeking a chance to surprise them and take the Ring. When Frodo and Sam had almost reached their destination, he attacked, but failed to get the Ring.
Sam, who had hated Gollum on sight, tried to bring himself to kill him, but he relented out of sheer pity and disgust, turning his back on the beaten but still wily creature. Moments later, Frodo was standing on the edge of the Crack of Doom , but, unable to destroy the Ring, claimed it for himself and put it on.
Then Gollum attacked the hobbits again. Gollum knocked out Sam with a rock whilst Frodo was invisible. But Gollum was able to track his footprints and jumped on Frodo. The two fought and finally Gollum bit off Frodo's finger with the ring on it.
Here Bilbo's long-ago kindness in sparing Gollum's life was rewarded, for Gollum then teetered on the edge of the great pit, overjoyed with finally reclaiming his "precious", then lost his balance and fell in, taking the Ring and finger with him along with a final cry of " Precious!
The ring was burned in the molten lava and Gollum consumed with it. Had Gollum not lived to play this final part, there was a good chance that Sauron would have regained his Ring, as he knew where Frodo was as soon as he put it on. Years after Gollum's death, Frodo would forgive him, as Gandalf had told Frodo that Gollum was not actually an evil being deserving death, but was actually a pitiful being, bound to the Ring's will, and that Frodo's fate would be like Gollum's if he kept the Ring.
Ironically the one being who suffered the most from the One Ring was the one who managed to destroy it in the end. In the first edition of The Hobbit , Tolkien made no reference to his size, leading several illustrators to portray him as being very large. Tolkien realized the omission, and clarified in later editions that he was of average hobbit size and in "The Lord of the Rings", there is a reference to Sam being "little less in height" than he is.
Tolkien describes Gollum as either dark, bone-white or sallow pale yellow : at one point, the Rangers of Ithilien mistake his silhouette seen from a distance for a tailless black squirrel.
Gorbag and Shagrat describe him as a dark fellow. In a manuscript written to guide illustrators to the appearance of his characters, Tolkien explained this by saying that Gollum had pale skin, but wore dark clothes and was often seen in poor light. Gollum was in possession of the One Ring for about years before he lost it to Bilbo Baggins in T. To put that into perspective, the events of the entire epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy only cover about 77 years. So, Gollum was in possession of one of the most powerful and evil items in Middle-earth for the length of over six Lord of the Rings trilogies.
He spent a lot of that time, which made up a big chunk of his life, in the Misty Mountains, having initially been born near the Gladden Fields in T. His diet was mostly fish — it was much more fish than rabbit. The psychological community has dedicated a lot of time and effort to diagnosing exactly what mental illness Gollum suffers from. However, when referring to the One Ring, he uses singular pronouns i.
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